{"product_id":"last-acts","title":"Last Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rollicking satire on contemporary America' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Naughtie\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificently humane book about losers' \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taut, energetic, tender' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliance and originality shine out from every page' \u003c\/b\u003eJenny Offill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Rizzo has been waiting for a sign from above. Owner of a failing firearms store in a sun-bleached corner of Arizona, he's drowning in debt and desperate for a word from his estranged adult son, Nick. When Nick is brought back from a near-fatal heroin overdose, Rizzo believes there's reason for hope: if Nick can return from the dead, so can his business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flailing father-son duo embark on a marketing ploy to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen. But their relationship is fragile, mired in things left unsaid, and when Rizzo unknowingly supplies the weapon in a school shooting, a crash of hijinks, hope and disaster ensues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eLAST ACTS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent sentence writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Precise, funny and will break your heart all at once'\u003c\/b\u003e Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishing baller of a book so pitch perfect in voice (Tony Soprano meets Samuel Beckett)'\u003c\/b\u003e Marry Karr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Big hearted and hilarious'\u003c\/b\u003e Dana Spiotta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raucous, irreverent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages | Published April 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997284188509,"sku":"9781805337829","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781805337829.jpg?v=1774584781","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/last-acts","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}